The wife reported on Mikhail Semyonov's hunger strike.
Convicted from Karachay-Cherkessia, Mikhail Semyonov is on hunger strike in a Moscow region settlement colony in protest against pressure from the institution's administration.
As reported by "Caucasian Knot", on October 17, it became known that a resident of Teberda, sports master in mountaineering Mikhail Semyonov was sent to the punishment isolation cell of settlement colony No. 3 in Elektrostal (Moscow region). The colony administration considered Semyonov's early rise, as he was planning to go to the hospital, a violation of the regime. Mikhail Semyonov remains in the SHIZO and is not receiving medication, while official bodies send replies to complaints without addressing the issues, his wife reported at the end of October.
On August 29, Semyonov's wife complained that he had unsuccessfully sought medical assistance and complained about the conditions of detention first in the pre-trial detention center in Cherkessk, and then in the pre-trial detention center in the Moscow region. Ekaterina Semyonova emphasized that Mikhail is a disabled person of group II and has a heart condition. On September 22, she reported that her husband in the settlement colony is not given prescribed medications and is denied an ambulance call when his health worsens.
Mikhail Semyonov began his hunger strike in the SHIZO on November 2, his wife Ekaterina Semyonova informed the correspondent of "Caucasian Knot" on November 12.
"My husband told the lawyer at a meeting after the hunger strike began that he started it in protest against fabricated reports of alleged violations he committed, for which he is being placed in the SHIZO, without providing video recordings of these alleged violations," she said.
According to her, the lawyer assessed Mikhail's health condition as "average." "At the same time, the medications prescribed to him due to his health condition are still not being provided," Ekaterina Semyonova said.
She added that she had not received any new responses to her complaints about her husband's persecution in the settlement colony.
It should be noted that, according to his wife, Mikhail suffers from severe consequences of a traumatic brain injury and serious heart diseases. During his time in the SHIZO, he has lost consciousness several times. Earlier, in October, she reported that the colony administration was organizing harassment of Semyonov through other convicts: restricting their access to showers, laundry facilities, and cooking equipment, citing Semyonova's complaints about the conditions of detention.
In July, law enforcement detained 38-year-old Mikhail Semyonov in Karachay-Cherkessia for violating the deadline for reporting to the colony. Semyonov was detained unjustly, as at that time he was undergoing a rehabilitation program, which, according to the law, is a valid reason, the lawyer pointed out.
On February 18, 2026, the Karachay District Court sentenced Mikhail Semyonov to one year in a settlement colony. He was found guilty of illegally crossing the Russian-Abkhaz border through the Eastern Klukhori Pass in April 2024.
According to the mountaineer's wife, he has poor relations with some of the law enforcement officers, as they turn a blind eye to the fact that the reserve management allows people to come to the border Klukhori Pass for a fee. "He is a mountaineer, and 99% of mountaineers who walk in the Caucasus occasionally cross the border, as it is difficult to monitor it in the mountains," Semyonova told "Caucasian Knot".
On September 10, the Elektrostal City Court denied the defense's request for Mikhail Semyonov's early conditional release.